Neuroscience Team

Group photo of the Neurosciences faculty team

Neuroscience Faculty Tenure Track

Estefania Azevedo, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
azevedoe@musc.edu
Azevedo Laboratory

 

Stefano Berto, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
berto@musc.edu
Berto Laboratory

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Arjun Bharioke, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
bharioke@musc.edu
Bharioke Laboratory

 

Heather Boger, Ph.D.

Professor
Director, COM Senior Mentor Program
boger@musc.edu
Boger Laboratory

 

Lawrence J. Chandler, Ph.D.

Professor
Chandj@musc.edu
Chandler Laboratory

Christopher Cowan 

Christopher W. Cowan, Ph.D.

Professor and Department Chair
SmartState Endowed Chair in Brain Imaging
cowanc@musc.edu
Cowan Laboratory

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Meghan Flanigan, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
flanigme@musc.edu
Flanigan Laboratory

 

Jens Jensen, Ph.D.

Professor
Director, Center for Biomedical Imaging
jense@musc.edu
Jensen Laboratory

                  
 

Jane Joseph, Ph.D.

Professor
josep@musc.edu
Joseph Laboratory

 

Peter Kalivas, Ph.D.

Distinguished University Professor
kalivasp@musc.edu
Kalivas Laboratory

 

Antonieta Lavin, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
lavina@musc.edu
Lavin Laboratory

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Jiaxing Li, Ph.D. 
Assistant Professor
lijiax@musc.edu
Li Laboratory 

 

Jaqueline McGinty, Ph.D.

Professor
mcginty@musc.edu
McGinty Laboratory

 

Patrick J. Mulholland, Ph.D.

Professor
mulholl@musc.edu
Mulholland Laboratory

James Otis Ph.D. 

Jim Otis, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
otis@musc.edu
Otis Laboratory

Rachel Penrod-Martin, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
Director, Neuroscience Graduate Program
Director, Mouse Behavioral Phenotyping Core
penrodam@musc.edu
 

Jennifer Rinker, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
rinker@musc.edu
Rinker Laboratory

 

Kumar Sambamurti, Ph.D.

Professor
sambak@musc.edu
Sambamurti Laboratory

 

Takashi Sato, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
satot@musc.edu
Sato Laboratory

 

Ewoud Schmidt, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
schmidew@musc.edu
Schmidt Laboratory

 

Alexander Smith, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
smitaw@musc.edu
Smith Laboratory

 

Makoto Taniguchi, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
taniguch@musc.edu
Taniguchi Laboratory

 

John Woodward, Ph.D.

Professor
woodward@musc.edu
Woodward Laboratory

Neuroscience Faculty - Research Track 

Maria de Fatima Falangola, M.D., Ph.D.- Research Assistant Professor 

Brittany Kuhn, Ph.D.- Research Assistant Professor

Ritchy Hodebourg, Ph.D. - Research Assistant Professor

Paula Zamudio-Bulcock, Ph.D.- Research Assistant Professor

Emeritus Faculty

Narayan Bhat, Ph.D.

Joseph Helpern, Ph.D.


Dual & Joint Faculty

Onder Albayram, Ph.D. — Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Howard Becker, Ph.D. — Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Andrew Chen, Ph.D. — Department of Public Health Sciences

Jose Ledo, Ph.D. — Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Aimee McRae-Clark, Pharm.D. — Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences 

Brandon Miller, M.D., Ph.D.  — Department of Neurosurgery

Jacobo Mintzer, M.D. — College of Health Professions 

Baerbel (Barb) Rohrer, Ph.D. — Department of Ophthalmology

Michael Scofield, Ph.D.  — Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine

Thomas W. Uhde, M.D. — Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Adjunct & Affiliate Faculty

Kathleen Crum, Ph.D. 
Lori McMahon, Ph.D.
Dale Mugler, Ph.D. 
Carmela Reichel, Ph.D.
Ronald See, Ph.D.  

Administrative Team

   
 

Crystal Brown, MAcc

Accounting/Fiscal Manager I
browncr@musc.edu

 

Emily Clark

Grant Administrator
clarkemi@musc.edu

 

Sarah Hopkins

Administrative Coordinator II
hopkisar@musc.edu

Photo of Kristen Mulholland 

Kristen Mulholland

Executive Assistant
mulhollk@musc.edu